Hip-strap loop for harness



(No Model.)

A. KARRAS.

HIP STRAP LOOP POR HARNESS. No. 298,589. l Patentedvay 13, 1884.

WITNBSSES INVENTOR.

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ilNiTnD S'rArns Fermat @einem ALBERT KARRAS, OF HUDSON, VISCONSIN.

HIP-STRAP LOP FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,589, dated May 13,1884.

l Application filed October G, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Kansas, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Hudson, in the county of St. Groix and State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hip-Strap Loops forHarness; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of so muchof the back-strap and hip-strap of a set of harness as is sufficient toillustrate the application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of thesame. Fig. 3 is an end View. Fig. 4 is a top view of the metallic liningfor the hip-strap, and Figs. 5 and (i are sectional views on lines x .frand y y, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to metallic linings for loops in theback-strap of a set of harness, through which the hip-strap passes, andit consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofsuch a lining,

which will prevent the hip-strap from wearing the loop in the back-strapout, and will stitfen the back-strap at that point, as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates theback-strap,which consists of two layers of leather-an upper layer, B,and a lowerlayer, C-which are stitched toget-her, excepting at the pointwhere thehip-strap passes through the back-strap.

D is a metallic lining, having a transverse flat perforation,E,throughwhich the hip-strap may pass, and having upwardly-projecting iianges Fat the upper sides ofthe ends of the said perforation, and provided withtwo longitudinal extensions or wings, G, extending `from the sides ofthe perforated lining or plate.

This lining or plate is inserted between the two. layers of theback-strap, and the edges of the layers are stitched together uponthesides of the wings or extensions, holding them fast, while theflanges at the ends of the trans- Verse perforation prevent the upperlayer of the strap from becoming displaced from the upper side of thelining, the said layer tting between the said iianges. The hip-strap Hpasses through the perforation, and it will be seen that the metalliclining will prevent the latter from drawing the loop formed by the twolayers of the back-strap out of shape or from wearing it out, and itwill likewise be seen that the lining and its wings will serve tostiften the back-strap at that place, preventing the hip-strap fromcutting too much into the rump of the horse, if the ends of the hipstrapshould be drawn down by the traces or by other connected parts of theharness.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United Statesl. Alining for the loop for thehip-strap in the back-strap in harness, consisting of a plate having atransverse perforation, upwardlyprojecting flanges at the ends of thesaid perforation, and longitudinal wings or extensions, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the back-strap, consisting of two layers stitchedtogether at their edges and forming a loop, a lining consisting of aplate having a transverse perforation, upwardly-projecting flanges atthe ends of the perforation, and longitudinal wings or extensions, and ahip-strap passing through the perforation in the lining, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT KARRAS.

Witnesses:

TnoMAs F. Moss, JAMES WEs'rEN.

